I like to fish with guides that make me feel like I’m fishing with friends and most times after a trip we will be friends and this was true with Chris. Chris is not just a good guide but a good guy. We got to the river at daylight and met Chris Moody the owner of Gar Fishing Addiction. This is really a two man deal because of the way these fish have to be caught and fought so I called my cousin Ronnie and told him the plan, of course he’s in just tell me when and where he said. This is really not a big group trip like some we’ve been on. He said it’s not for him and I was kind of glad, that’s one less boat in my way on the river. I said all this is true but it’s an alligator gar, a living dinosaur, a prehistoric beast that you can’t just go anywhere and catch and you surely won’t find as many big fish anywhere else. He said you’ve told me, the river is not pretty, the water is muddy, it’s gonna be hot, you may only catch a couple of fish a day, and as far as fishing trips with a guide go its fairly expensive. I was talking to a guy at the fly shop about the trip and he said, you know you’re not really selling this trip? I asked what he meant. Several antelope species from around the world no longer exists in their home countries but thrive here in Texas, but that’s a different discussion for a different day. I’m not sure introducing a species into a new ecosystem is ever a good idea but one can make a case for several species of animals who were saved from extinction because of this. There are several places to catch alligator gar, Louisiana for example has a good population, and now because of their powerful fight and the sport of fishing they are being introduced in locations as far away as Thailand and other Asian countries but none compare to the Trinity, like it or not the importing of these fish is happening in other countries. Fisherman have known this for a long time but thanks to shows like River Monsters and channels like Animal Planet and Discovery who have all filmed shows on this river now even more people know and a lot of those folks don’t even fish. The Trinity is the number one alligator gar location in the world. When some one says alligator gar or gator gar the first place most people think of is the Trinity River in Texas.
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